John Philipps Kenyon

Life Kenyon was born in Sheffield where he attended King Edward VII School, Sheffield and then University of Sheffield before going to Cambridge to take a doctorate as a pupil of John H. Plumb. He obtained his doctorate in 1954 and was appointed a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, before going on to become Hull's history professor for 19 years, followed by six years at St Andrews. From 1987 to 1994 he was Distinguished Professor of early modern British history at the University of Kansas. For many years he was a regular reviewer for The Observer.

Works Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland (1958) The Stuarts (1958) The Stuart Constitution, 1603-1688 (1966) The Popish Plot (1973) Revolution Principles: The Politics of Party 1689-1720 (1977) Stuart England (1978) The History Men (1983) The Civil Wars of England (1988)